Table 1. Biomass yields and biomass specific rates of alcoholic fermentation (qethanol) of the S. cerevisiae strain CEN.PK113-7D (wild-type) and the isogenic mutant nce103Δ in aerobic and anaerobic chemostat cultures sparged (0.5 litre·min−1) with high concentrations of CO2.
Genotype | Sparging gas | Biomass yield (gbiomass/gglucose) | qethanol (mmol·h−1·g−1) |
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Wild-type | 79% CO2+21% O2 | 0.38±0.05 | 0.0±0.0 |
nce103Δ | 79% CO2+21% O2 | 0.33±0.018 | 0.0±0.0 |
Wild-type | CO2 | 0.09±0.004 | 10.4±1.1 |
nce103Δ | CO2 | 0.09±0.00 | 10.0±0.1 |